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. 2021 Jan 22;21:105. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-05811-7

Table 4.

Impacts on adult health-related quality of life

Infection syndrome Number of infection syndromesa (Total 1131) Worst day in syndrome by EQ. 5D index score, mean (s.d) QALD loss per day, mean (s.d.) QALD loss per syndromec
Mean (95% CI) Median (IQR)
Respiratory tractb 663 3·2 (6·9) 0·06 (0·28) 0·7 (0·6–0·8) 0·4 (0·2–0·7)
Gastrointestinal 188 3·0 (9·7) 0·06 (0·34) 0·4 (0·3–0·5) 0·2 (0·1–0·4)
Mouth/Dental 102 3·5 (6·4) 0·14 (0·27) 1·3 (1·1–1·7) 0·8 (0·5–1·5)
Skin/Soft tissue 77 3·3 (6·1) 0·02 (0·29) 0·3 (0·2–0·6) 0·1 (0·1–0·3)
Eye 52 6·0 (16·0) -0·01 (0·28) -0·1 (0--0·2) -0·1 (0--0·1)
Urinary tract 49 2·7 (5·9) 0·09 (0·09) 0·5 (0·3–0·7) 0·3 (0·2–0·5)

CI Confidence interval, IQR Interquartile range, QALD Quality-adjusted life day, sd Standard deviation

aNumber of syndromes used to estimate duration (excludes syndromes treated with antibiotics, and those for children under 16)

b Age standardised

cCalculated by multiplying the mean QALD loss per day by the mean and median (respectively) duration estimates adjusted for right-censoring (Table 3)